sten·tor (st n tôr )n. Any of several trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoans of the genus Stentor, living in dark freshwater pools and feeding chiefly on smaller microorganisms. [After Stentor, a Greek herald.] |
stentor [ˈstɛntɔː]
n
1. a person with an unusually loud voice
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)
[after Stentor]
Stentor [ˈstɛntɔː]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods
stentor - Homer introduced Stentor, a very loud herald, in the Iliad—which gives us stentor, "person with a loud voice," and stentorian, which originally meant "loud, booming."
See also related terms for loud.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | stentor - a speaker with an unusually loud voice speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" |
| 2. | Stentor - the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks | |
| 3. | stentor - any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell genus Stentor - trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel |
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